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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
dairy and fortified foods
pregnant women or elderly
2. What is the function of vitamin C?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dark green - orange - drybeans
3. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
hemoglobin
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vitamin K
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
4. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
trans fatty acid
fat soluble vitamins
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
pregnant women or elderly
5. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
300 cal/day increase
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
500 cal/day
6. What type of people need extra protein?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
apple is higher risk than a pear
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
7. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
liver and intestinal synthesis
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vitamin K
B and C
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fat soluble vitamins
9. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
prealbumin levels
fats
10. The higher the BMR a client has --
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin K
can consume more calories without weight gain
protein
11. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
rickets - osteomalacia
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
12. What foods have high quality protein?
low albumin levels < 3.4
prealbumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
3 cups
13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
B and C
2.5 cups
starches - sugars - and cellulose
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
14. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
one tspn salt or less
low albumin levels < 3.4
15. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
5.5 ounces/day
TPN total parenteral nutrition
16. What are healthy sources of fats?
2 cups
hemorrhage
2.5 cups
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
17. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one tspn salt or less
18. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
protein
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vitamin K
cream cheese - cream or butter
19. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5.5 ounces/day
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
20. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
22. What function is vitamin D?
apple is higher risk than a pear
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
atrophy or wasting of muscle
23. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
milk - enriched grains
500 cal/day
carrots and sweet potatoes
albumin levels
24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein
fats
25. What is normal BMI?
dark green - orange - drybeans
day week or month
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
18-25
26. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
carrots and sweet potatoes
hemorrhage
500 cal/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
27. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
500 cal/day
dairy and fortified foods
2.5 cups
28. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
29. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
B and C
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
30. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
hemorrhage
2.5 cups
4 calories/gram
31. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
32. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
hemoglobin
protein and fat
trans fatty acid
33. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
prealbumin levels
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pregnant women or elderly
34. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
essential amino acids
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
liver and intestinal synthesis
apple is higher risk than a pear
35. Name six sources of grains
prealbumin levels
low albumin levels < 3.4
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
atrophy or wasting of muscle
36. When does BMR increase?
carrots and sweet potatoes
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vitamin C - citrus fruits
6 oz. a day
37. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
rickets - osteomalacia
apple is higher risk than a pear
38. What is RDA of protein?
protein
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
500 cal/day
39. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
18-25
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
liver and intestinal synthesis
40. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
protein
diet recall
prealbumin levels
41. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
day week or month
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
atrophy or wasting of muscle
42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
transferrin
fats
dairy and fortified foods
B and C
43. What does DASH stand for?
protein
cream cheese - cream or butter
dairy and fortified foods
dietary approach to stop hypertension
44. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
one tspn salt or less
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
500 cal/day
transferrin
45. What is the function of vitamin E?
protein
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
antioxidant - immune function
2.5 cups
46. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
day week or month
TPN total parenteral nutrition
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
47. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
5.5 ounces/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
48. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
18-25
atrophy or wasting of muscle
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
49. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
fats
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
diet recall
B and C
50. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
albumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein